Paul S. Sarbanes won with 56.6% of the vote (772,101 votes), ahead of Jr. J. Glenn Beall with 38.9% (530,439 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 17.7 percentage points (241,662 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 17.7 points.
1,365,290 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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